I binge watched almost whole last season (from s09e11 to finale) and i feel it's much better than ya'll perceived from watching on weekly/mothly basis. Anyway, it's all about journey and i feel this show delivered.

@az25 I don't think it was brave sticking to their original plan, in fact, I think it was incredibly stupid. If it had been their intended plan all along, they should've built it better. SHOW SPOILER Made Ted and Robin actually make some kind of sense. By the end of the show, they didn't make any kind of sense. At all. They completely butchered Robin as a character. She went from never being the kind of woman to waste her time chasing a man, to being unable to talk to her /friends/ because of missed opportunities and a stupid crush. It wasn't just a complete 180 character reversal, but absolutely insulting to her character. Robin didn't chase. Robin didn't pine. Robin didn't want Ted. Robin had moved on. Yet, in the space of a single episode, they forgot all of that and forced them together. The plan didn't make sense anymore, but they stuck with it. They don't even have the excuse of poor timing, they had nine years to plan the perfect ending and develop the characters around that ending. They didn't do that. They screwed it up. Big time.

I heard this point the other day, and I think it's so important to know. The ending was incredibly ambiguous. SHOW SPOILERThere was literally nothing suggesting that Ted and Robin would end up together forever, living happily ever after. It was seemingly just another first date, nothing less, nothing more, and how do we ever really know they went on a second one? Assuming they end up married, in their 70s sharing moments as old people was never suggested, or hinted at, and I think you guys are conflating that date as cheating on Tracey. Remember guys, it's been 7 years since she had passed away at this point, the show did a poor job of showing that, but he's not cheating or crapping on his relationship with Tracey just so he can finally get back with Robin. You're reading way too much into things if you think that, but I also think the showrunner's completely underestimated just how much fans would fall in love with Cristin Milioti and her chemistry with Ted.I also respect the showrunners. They knew exactly where this was heading when they filmed these segments with the kids 6-7 years ago. The 2 seasons of lead-up was pretty disappointing at times, but they had a plan, and they stuck to it, and that's rarely seen on the 22+ episode network television shows.

I think spending 22 episodes with Barney/Robin's wedding, SHOW SPOILERonly to find out in pretty casual fashion they've divorced after 3 years comes as a bigger shock then if they had only did half the season at the wedding, but I don't know. It really makes sense when you think about who Barney and Robin really are, two extremely individual people trying to make love that grew from a friendship work in a marriage

But, again. This show has always revolved around Ted/Robin, and has ALWAYS been a romantic comedy in long-form, and if you hadn't realized that, you did indeed waste 9 years of your life.